Suit was filed last week in a Wisconsin state trial court challenging Wisconsin laws which require abortions to be performed only by physicians, and not by qualified advance practice clinicians. The suit also challenges Wisconsin's 24-hour waiting period after examination and consultation with a physician before an abortion can be performed. The complaint (full text) in Planned Parenthood of Wisconsin v. Ozanne, (WI Cir. Ct., filed 9/10/2026), alleges in part:
10. Each of these Access Restrictions substantially curtails the availability of abortion care within the State of Wisconsin ... with no adequate justification for doing so. Each provision, therefore, violates the rights of Wisconsin women to liberty and bodily autonomy under Article I, Section 1 of the Wisconsin Constitution, which encompasses the right to decide when and whether to carry a pregnancy to term.
11. The Access Restrictions also infringe on providers’ right to liberty under Article I, Section 1 of the Wisconsin Constitution, which encompasses the fundamental right to practice their chosen profession to the fullest extent of their education, training, and skill.
12. In addition, the Access Restrictions infringe on patients’ equal protection rights under Article I, Section 1 of the Wisconsin Constitution. The Access Restrictions treat women differently from men and treat people seeking abortion differently from people seeking other pregnancy-related health care.
13. Similarly, the Access Restrictions infringe on providers’ equal protection rights under Article I, Section 1 of the Wisconsin Constitution by preventing providers from caring for their patients to the fullest extent of their education, training, and skill for the sole reason that their patients are overwhelmingly women and choosing to terminate a pregnancy.
Planned Parenthood issued a press release announcing the filing of the lawsuit.
